Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Stories (2)

• Eighth Labor: The Mares of Diomedes
  Heroes — Heracles · Apollodorean (man-eating Thracian mares; Abderus killed; Diomedes fed to his own horses; founding of Abdera)
• Abderus and the Founding of Abdera
  Heroes — Heracles / eighth labor aftermath / Thracian foundation · Apollodorean — Abderus killed by the mares; Heracles founds Abdera over his tomb

Places appearing with them

• Abdera
• Mount Olympus
• Mount Pangaeum
• Mycenae
• Opus
• Sea-shore
• Stables of Diomedes
• Thrace
• Tomb of Abderus

Themes

• Divine Council
• Petrification
• War